Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:14:51 -0500 From: "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com> To: scrappy@hub.org Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS? Message-ID: <F32yELid1epQzz4IXQp00019522@hotmail.com>
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Your question brings up an issue that was talked about several times, and it was addressed in the docs and the newsgroup. -STABLE is an engineering development branch that is 'more stable' than -CURRENT, but not more stable than -RELEASE. -STABLE is NOT for end users/customers for official production use (i.e. do so at your own risk). Some development companies call these 'interim builds' in relation to the 'alpha->beta->RC1->interim builds and more RCs->FR->RTM' type of cycle. The RELEASE maintainers have some docs talking about 'CURRENT->STABLE->RELEASE' and how it all works. As some people commented, -RELEASE is the main starting point for 'loaded' production servers. Implement small changes that only resolve a problem your having that wasn't fixed in -RELEASE which makes it easier for some people to find the problem (easier said than done). Read the entire section 19.2 (especially section 19.2.2.2) in the FreeBSD Handbook. '19.2.2.1 What Is FreeBSD-STABLE? FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made. Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and with the general assumption that they have first gone into FreeBSD-CURRENT first for testing. This is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users.' In other words, expect -STABLE not to be as stable as -RELEASE and that -STABLE may or may not crash. As a customer, I'd worry more if -RELEASE was crashing within less than 30 days on a properly configured system. -Ken _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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